Paul McGoldrick

Engineers know how to do their jobs, but are often prevented from doing it by misguided managers trying to save money.

Great ideas from many companies emerged as what we know as the ATSC''s DTV standards. But, like all standards allowing too much flexibility, this one has been doomed to failure.

If you've ever been near a White House communications crew, for example, you will find that whatever spectrum you think you have been allocated has been commandeered for other uses.

The Web is a wonderfully flat playing field for selling and advertising your company’s products, unless you make mistakes.

It seems hard to believe, but some of the retail speak is so “cunning” (in “Much Ado About Nothing” terms) that even I don’t understand it

Some international standards are neither international nor standard

The rise of talk television and its spin is because the networks have failed to do their jobs

Reality TV is about something other than just reality. Once you've made people eat squirming bugs or jump between airplanes, and stripped them of all

Web sites for news broadcast stations can be a huge source of revenue, however, resources must be utilized for success

Merging two or more companies can be tricky business. Here are two big no-no’s to consider

Swag is an odd word. It can mean a drooping piece of fabric. It can also mean moving unsteadily and being out of control. When used as a noun, however,

There are changes on the horizon, like podcasting, that have monumental implications for the broadcast industry

Handling employees that cause problems – for one reason or another – requires a delicate approach.

Because technology has provided tools for everybody, we have had a generation believe that, with no creative skills, everyone can become a desktop publisher.

In some cases, we actually had to design and build the equipment ourselves

The UK’s “TV Licence” is a holdout from the theory that any use of the spectrum makes the user into a “station”… and therefore should be taxed.

Engineers should take blame for not getting out there to be proactive in promulgating ourselves. I asked my seven-year-old daughter today what she thought

The implications of this technology are quite staggering and maybe even offer a lifeline for some small market stations. Although news out of Los Alamos

There are some stations that have addressed their national audiences since their inception, but others seem to have missed the boat. The first thing that

Whatever Napster's state when you read this, there seems to be a universal regard by commentators that things will never be the same. They are saying

The tragic events in New York and Washington, DC, on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, signaled a movement of terrorism to the United States that will change our lives forever.

The day in 1980 when CNN went on the air on cable systems should have been the day that the ownership rules for television were rethought. From that quiet

The importance of employee stock option programs in the world of electronics has never been questioned by those companies that want to attract and retain